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Song Parodies -> "Wichita Lineman"
Original Song Title:
"Wichita Lineman"
(MP3)Original Performer:
Glen Campbell
Parody Song Title:
"Wichita Lineman"
Parody Written by:
Merry & Pippin
The Lyrics
A low-bitrate mp3 of the song can be found here.
He was a lineman for the county
Misapplied his fine job
Snoopin' he thought fun - pried in other's dialogue
He listened in on conversations
Held his 'quipment to the lines
'Cus that Wichita Lineman
Was mischief inclined
(Crossed lines can feed a conflagration
Elec-trodes make sparks rain
And if it glows, to touch is rash so never handle 'Main')
You perceive the tense we've chosen
Isn't present in its time
Scan our ultimo stanza
You will then know why
(sizzling bass solo)
Them new fangled power cables
He mistook for talky line
Now the Wichita Lineman
Is still. On the line.
Misapplied his fine job
Snoopin' he thought fun - pried in other's dialogue
He listened in on conversations
Held his 'quipment to the lines
'Cus that Wichita Lineman
Was mischief inclined
(Crossed lines can feed a conflagration
Elec-trodes make sparks rain
And if it glows, to touch is rash so never handle 'Main')
You perceive the tense we've chosen
Isn't present in its time
Scan our ultimo stanza
You will then know why
(sizzling bass solo)
Them new fangled power cables
He mistook for talky line
Now the Wichita Lineman
Is still. On the line.
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Fabulous payoff at the end, hobbits. Since you didn't change the title, I was curious as to what you were going to do with this. Great stuff! 555
ahhhhh...this makes more sense than the original...love that "sizzlin' " bass solo...lol
Lovely H.V.P. (High Voltage Parody), climaxes with a shocking ending!
What Kristof said. Now how about "Bitch in Tapped Line Scam," about soon-to-be-former HP board chairwoman, Patricia Dunn, who authorized felonious snooping on other board members and reporters?
Well, I got a real charge. Out of this one ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 5's ~ ~ ~
Like the pay off...good work
555 watt zingers in this one.
what alvin said - great idea, M and P - 555
Singed with sadness.....yet electrifying !!!
It's sung with sadness Mandamoo. 5's
I gotta say I know what Mandamoo was saying, but for the life of me I can't work out if Lionel is being serious or tongue in cheek ! ;-p (Holds hurting head)...
I'm sorry. mandamoo. I guess you were trying to inflect a country twang. I'm really sorry. I take it it you was just demonstratin' how dem country folks be talkin'. Once again I'm sorry. It's just that I'm an electrician and I thinks I's be knowing my tenses. Sorry! I still don't know what merry&pippin' mean by ultimo stanza. I'm lost as usual.
Lionel, I took mandamoo as meaning "singe" - as in what happens if you hold onto a live elctric wire....?
Ultimo stanza ? "Last Verse" :)
Ultimo stanza ? "Last Verse" :)
(sizzling bass solo) Isn't that an oxymoron?
I WASS NORMAL PERSON,UNTIL THAT DAY AT THE LAKE,I WHEN TO SLEEP THAT NIGHT,A STORM IN FULL FOR STEAM, AND WOKE UP WITH THE HEAD OF LOON,IM NOW BIG LAKES LOONMAN,AND IM STILL ON THE LAKE
Got it! One bit of advice, though. Ease up on the CAPS there, Slugger ;-D
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